Monocle 24: Monocle on Design Podcast
1) Restoring Cuba
Havana celebrates its 500th birthday this year and some of its buildings are beginning to show their age. Restoration and reuse are proving challenging – but also rewarding, as Lucinda Elliott reports...Show More
AUDIO REMOVED: The podcast creator has removed the audio for this episode.2) A sense of place with Dan Witten-Hannah and Sophie-Lou Jacobsen
How is place represented in industrial design? In the first of a series produced with Fisher & Paykel, we speak to CEO Dan Witten-Hannah about identity. Plus: Sophie-Lou Jacobsen on her new Milan-insp...Show More
3) Deyan Sudjic on the legacy of Andrea Branzi. Plus: Designing for AI with Sacha Leong
We explore Italian radical design at Salone del Mobile with author, and former director of the Design Museum, Deyan Sudjic. Plus: How to design for AI with Sacha Leong of Nice Projects.See omnystudio....Show More
4) Touring Prototype Island with Design Singapore Council
Some of the most exciting work on display at Milan Design Week could be found at Prototype Island, which showcased 15 Singapore-based creatives. Nic Monisse and Hassan Anderson visited the exhibition ...Show More
5) A tour around the 64th edition of Salone del Mobile
Nic Monisse, Ed Stocker and Grace Charlton have been busy at Milan Design Week. We cover what they saw and chat to Cristián Mohaded, Yabu Pushelberg, Patricia Urquiola, Annabelle Schneider and ...Show More
6) Is collectable design on the rise at Salone del Mobile? A selection of highlights from Milan Design Week 2026
We talk with designer Franck Genser about his work for Louis Vuitton. Then: Mario Milana and Gabriella Campagna of Casa Milana on their apartment-turned-showroom. Plus: Highlights from Nic Monisse and...Show More
7) The rise and rise of Brazilian design with Jig. Plus: touring the Rietveld Schröder House in Utrecht.
Fernando Augusto Pacheco visits Jig, a new furniture shop in London’s Soho that champions contemporary Brazilian design. Then: Exploring De Stijl at the Rietveld Schröder House and we look ...Show More
8) Just deserts: Exploring AlUla’s pioneering design residencies with curator Emily Marant
Emily Marant discusses how residencies, cultural infrastructure and site-specific creation are redefining AlUla. Plus: Nic Monisse and Grace Charlton on the new flat-pack Eames house and Salone del Mo...Show More
9) What is ‘Hyakkō’? A deep dive into Japan’s thriving craft scene with curator Nagata Takahiro
At a Japan House exhibition in London, curator Nagata Takahiro details the practice and philosophy of craftspeople working across Japan today. Plus: Nic Monisse and Grace Charlton flick through the ne...Show More
10) Simone Brewster on the narrative of objects. Plus: the Dominican Republic’s rising design scene
Nic Monisse joins Simone Brewster at the London Design Museum to discuss her latest exhibition. Then: Gregory Scruggs explores the Dominican Republic’s booming design scene. Plus: our take on th...Show More